Nearly 23 million acres burned from 1982 to 2020. But almost half of that occurred in 2019 and 2020, and the region may be near a threshold beyond which extreme fires become more common.
Blazes That Refuse to Die: âZombie Firesâ
With a changing climate, fires in far northern forests that smolder throughout winter and erupt again in spring could become more common, a new study suggests.
The Bogus Creek Fire in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a state where the vast majority of carbon emissions from fires come from burning soil.Credit.Matt Snyder/Alaska Division of Forestry, via Associated Press
Zombie forest fires are on the rise.
According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, fires in far northern forests that smolder throughout the wet, cold winters and pop up again in the spring could become more common because of climate change. That presents challenges â but also opportunities â for fire management, and for minimizing the release of greenhouse gases, the researchers say.
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